The fastest man on the planet, and perhaps the most charismatic track-and-field athlete of all time, concludes his all-conquering career at these World Championships.

After this Saturday’s 100m final and the relay a week later, the 30-year-old Jamaican will adopt his ‘Lightning Bolt’ pose — presumably after two more gold medals.

That would take his World Championship total to 13 in six appearances at the event.

His world 100m record of 9.58sec was set at the Worlds in Berlin in 2009 but his false start in Daegu, South Korea, two years later was the frustrating ‘Usain Blot’ on the near-flawless copybook of his peak years.

We were truly wakened to the Jamiacan's extraordinary powers at Beijing in 2008 when Bolt clocked 9.69sec - a world and Olympic record.

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